Super Mario 3D World

Super Mario 3D World will ruin friendships. I can see it now. You’ll be playing with buddies and while you meant to pick up a turtle shell, you’ll accidentally toss him off a ledge instead. In retaliation, he’ll come back and steal your Fire Flower. Things will devolve into a mess. It’s gonna happen … or not. I suppose it depends on whom you play with.

In my hands-on time at E3 2013, I spent a level fending off my teammates in a wild four-way free-for-all across a level with transparent pipes. One person had the Wii U Gamepad. The three others got around via the Wii remote. What differentiates Super Mario 3D World from say the New Super Mario Bros. series is that it features a free-roaming 3D environment with a fixed perspective. More on Super 3D World and Pikmin 3 on the jump